Chung Chi-kwong

Chung Chi-kwong
鍾志光
Born
Chung Chi-kwong

(1961-04-03) April 3, 1961
British Hong Kong
Other namesEric Chung
Educationdiploma in physical education from the Grantham College of Education
Bachelor's Degree in Humanities with honors from the Open University of Hong Kong
Master's Degree in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Hong Kong
Alma materChina Holiness School
Pui Shing Catholic Secondary School
OccupationsSports commentator and artist

Eric Chung Chi-kwong (Chinese: 鍾志光; born 3 April 1962), Hong Kong TVB Sports commentator and artist under basic artist contract, and also serves as the secretary of Hong Kong First Division Football League club Morning Light. He has successively obtained a diploma in physical education from the Grantham College of Education, a Bachelor's Degree in Humanities with honors from the Open University of Hong Kong, a Master's Degree in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Hong Kong, and a Master's Degree in Philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2024, he was awarded the title of Honorary Fellow of the Education University of Hong Kong, making him a rare highly educated person in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.[1]

Background

Early life

Chung Chi-kwong grew up in Block 10 of Li Cheng Uk Estate in Sham Shui Po. He has an older brother. His childhood entertainment mainly consisted of playing football and watching Cantonese feature films, and he was raised by his grandmother. Chung graduated from China Holiness School (Primary 6 in 1974)[2] and Pui Shing Catholic Secondary School (Arts, Form 5, 1979;[3] Form 6, 1980[4][5]). When he was in secondary school, he was responsible for the preparation of sports administration for the school's field games, and Barry Wong Ping-yiu was his teacher. In addition, in Form 4, he was inspired by his history teacher's teaching method and went from having no idea about studying to studying hard.[6] Although he passed the sixth form foundation after graduating, he was unable to enter university due to the limited degree available at that time. Therefore, he decided to enroll in the Sports Diploma Course at Grantham College[7] of Education.

Participate in on-stage performances

While working at Hong Kong Commercial Radio in the 1980s, Chung Chi-kwong was mainly responsible for preparing interviews for Sports Radar. At the same time, he is responsible for interviewing some special news. He also guest-starred in the radio dramas "Hong Kong Strange Cases" (voiced by Lam Kor-wan) and "Block 18, Block C" (voiced by Disco[8]).In 1990, Chung Chi-kwong moved between TVB and radio stations. At the time he was providing television commentary for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He had already signed a contract with the TV station in 1989 and later participated in the narration of the football segment of "Soccer Fan".[9]

Chung Chi-kwong began to participate in TV dramas in 1996. The reason was that TVB's drama producer Kwong Yip-sang asked Chung to guest-star as the Cuju narrator in Taming of the Princess. Other producers noticed his potential in acting, and subsequently arranged for him to play roles in other TV dramas, especially as a commentator for events in TV dramas. As Chung started out as a sports commentator, the characters he played all had a lot of dialogue. As a result, he concentrated on playing roles with a lot of proprietary words and dialogues, such as doctor, lawyer, teacher, program host, etc.[10]

Other information

Compared with other senior football commentators, the professionalism of Chung Chi-kwong's commentary and analysis of football matches has been questioned by some viewers, who believe that he only knows how to create an atmosphere when commentating and does not comment in depth on the situation of the game. However, some viewers also consider him to be the number one commentator. Back then, he hosted "Fans World" with Spencer Lam Sheung-yee and Choi Yuk-yu. Lam liked to talk about anecdotes and stories, Choi analyzed the games, and Chung was responsible for information.[11] In 2003, Chung received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Humanities from the Open University of Hong Kong. He chose to study humanities because he had two knowledgeable Chinese and History teachers in secondary school, and because he had closed his sports promotion company, which gave him more time for further study.[12] He subsequently obtained a Master of Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Hong Kong in 2008 and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012. Since he started his art career, Chung has been working part-time to complete his degrees.[13] In 2024, Chung was awarded the title of Honorary Fellow by the Education University of Hong Kong in recognition of his contributions to the sports world and the promotion of Chinese culture.[14]

Controversy

Performance Dispute

Vulgar Jokes

2010 FIFA World Cup TVB failed to secure the World Cup broadcasting rights and produced "World Cup in Motion" to compete with Cable TV Hong Kong. However, the male hosts frequently made suggestive jokes about the female hosts' figures. When the topic turned to Wong Yuen-man, Louis Yuen asked, "Is she as big as she wants?" Shortly after, Cheung Kwok-keung (Hong Kong actor) said, "I think Bingbing (Wong Yuen-man) wants to be even bigger." At this point, Chung Chi-kwong also chimed in, saying, "She's already quite big... in terms of fame."[15]

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